A. Administrative Formalities

B. Technical Skills

  • Drafting, filing, prosecution and defence of patents 
  • Opposition of patents
  • Trademark planning, filing, prosecution, defence and opposition
  • Trademark co-existence agreements
  • Use search
  • Non-disclosure agreements
  • Trade secret agreements
  • Employee remuneration and reward contracts
  • Licensing contracts
  • Performing artists / musicians / media and sports celebrities’ contracts
  • Injunctive relief applications
  • Customs search and seizure procedures
  • Copyright issues (c.f. the French/Monegasque concepts of “droits d’auteur”)
  • Personality and image protection

C. Expert Advice

  • Technical assessment and valuation of R&D resources
  • Strategic advice on patentability and economic viability
  • Development of intellectual property portfolios
  • Strategic management of intellectual property portfolios
  • Licensing strategies
  • IP due diligence for M&A
  • IP culture training
  • R&D and IP employee motivation strategies
  • Brand development
  • IP financing strategies
  • Holding companies for administering, consolidating and licensing IP assets
  • Transfer pricing strategies and implementation of tax efficient IP structures
  • Management Board IP financial recommendations
  • Anti-counterfeiting strategies and implementation
  • IP litigation advice and strategies
  • Expert witness in IP proceedings
  • Political lobbying in favour of IP an innovation and protection